Harold Anderson Jerry Jr. (March 2, 1920 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician from

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He was born on March 2, 1920, in

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. He graduated from

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in 1941. During

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he served with the

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in Europe, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. He graduated from

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in 1948. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in

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. He married Jocelyn Rogers, and they had four children. They lived in

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. Jerry was a member of the

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(49th D.) from 1959 to 1962, sitting in the 172nd and

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s. In 1963, he was appointed as Director of the Office of Regional Development; later as Director of the Office of Planning Coordination; and in 1967 as Executive Director of the Temporary Commission on the Future of the

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. In 1970, the commission proposed legislation to preserve the environment of the area, and the creation of the

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. He was a member of the

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from 1973 to 1997; and was Chairman in 1995. He died on June 9, 2001, at his home in

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, of

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. His son Philip C. R. Jerry (1955–1996) was a dancer and choreographer who in 1994 choreographed a balletic adaptation of ''

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'' set to music by

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.''Philip Jerry, 41, Choreographer And Dancer With the Joffrey''
in the ''

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'' on August 3, 1996

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